credit line

noun

1
2
: a line, note, or name that acknowledges the source of an item (such as a news dispatch or television program)

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The filing details various financial agreements, including a convertible credit agreement with Value Exchange International Inc., providing a maximum credit line of $1,500,000. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 For many, tapping into their revolving credit lines has provided a way to maintain their consumption behavior and lifestyle—while prices escalated and remained elevated. Ivan Illan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Your credit card company might also shut down your business’s credit line. Whizy Kim, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024 Both China and India have responded to Sri Lanka’s appeals for economic assistance with currency swaps and credit lines. Dushni Weerakoon, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2022 See all Example Sentences for credit line 

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of credit line was in 1888

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“Credit line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20line. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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